Recent controversies and online discussions raise the question: Who has Islamic authority in the dig
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The institutions of the modern state have reconfigured perceptions of sharia to focus on punishment rather than ethics.
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Western philosophy has for too long been caught up in circular arguments of what can or cannot be expressed.
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Are Muslim academics playing the role of ‘house Muslims’?
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